Architect – Design (Infrastructure & Landscape)

About the role

As part of WSP’s GCC Middle East business, the Architect – Design will join the Environment team in India, collaborating closely with landscape colleagues in the Middle East to deliver infrastructure and development projects.

Key responsibilities

• Manage small projects, teams or tasks within larger architectural programmes.
• Prepare technical information for infrastructure and development projects, including strategic, feasibility and concept studies.
• Produce preliminary and detailed designs, general arrangement drawings, hard‑ and soft‑scape detailing, schedules and specifications to support planning applications, tenders and construction packages.
• Participate in regular meetings, providing accurate progress updates and communicating risks or impediments.
• Apply business standards and quality techniques consistently.
• Line‑manage and mentor junior team members.
• Support business development and bidding activities as required.

Required profile

• Degree in Architecture (or recognised equivalent) with a postgraduate diploma or Master’s degree preferred.
• Fluent spoken English with strong verbal, written and graphic communication skills.
• Proven experience in project management and delivery within a consultancy or local‑government environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a remote or distributed setting.
• Commercial awareness and strong time‑management capabilities.
• Experience in construction administration, including responding to RFIs and reviewing shop drawings and site conditions.
• Solid knowledge of planting design, hard‑scape materials and construction detailing.

Required skills

• Architectural design and general arrangement drawing production.
• Hard‑scape and soft‑scape detailing.
• Construction scheduling and specification writing.
• Planning application preparation and tender package development.
• Construction administration, RFI response and shop‑drawing review.
• Planting design.
• Project management.